1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Champion	UCLA Bruins

1998 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#8 UCLA $		8	–	0		10	–	2
#4 Arizona		7	–	1		12	–	1
Oregon		5	–	3		8	–	4
USC		5	–	3		8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4		6	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	4		5	–	6
California		3	–	5		5	–	6
Oregon State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6		3	–	8
Washington State		0	–	8		3	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The Pacific-10 Conference football season in 1998 ended with the UCLA Bruins winning the conference with an undefeated 8–0 conference record.^[1]^[2]

Awards and honors

Conference awards

The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:^[3]

Offensive Player of the Year: Cade McNown, QB, UCLA; Akili Smith, QB, Oregon
Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Claiborne, ILB, USC
Coach of the Year: Bob Toledo, UCLA

All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-10 honors:^[4]^[5]

Offense:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
QB	Cade McNown	Sr.	UCLA	Keith Smith		Arizona
QB	Akili Smith	Sr.	Oregon	N/A	N/A	N/A
RB	J. R. Redmond	Jr.	Arizona State	Reuben Droughns		Oregon
RB	Trung Canidate	Jr.	Arizona	Kevin Brown		Washington State
WR	Dameane Douglas	Sr.	California	Jeremy McDaniel		Arizona
FL	Danny Farmer	Jr.	UCLA	Troy Walters		Stanford
FL	R. Jay Soward	Jr.	USC	R. Jay Soward		USC
TE	Mike Grieb	Sr.	UCLA	Jed Weaver		Oregon
OL	Kris Farris	Jr.	UCLA	Tony Coats		Washington
OL	Yusuf Scott	Jr.	Arizona	Edwin Mulitalo		Arizona
OL	Andy Meyers	Sr.	UCLA	Shawn Stuart		UCLA
OL	Travis Claridge	Jr.	USC	Mike McLaughlin		Stanford
OL	Grey Ruegamer	Sr.	Arizona State	N/A	N/A	N/A
OL	John Welbourn	Sr.	California	N/A	N/A	N/A

Defense:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
DL	Inoke Breckterfield	Sr.	Oregon State	Jerry DeLoach		California
DL	Jabari Issa	Jr.	Washington	Andre Carter		California
DL	Daniel Greer		Arizona	Sultan Abdul-Malik		USC
DL	Ennis Davis	So.	USC	Mac Tuiaea		Washington
LB	Chris Claiborne	Jr.	USC	Bryan Jones		Oregon State
LB	Brendon Ayanbadejo	Sr.	UCLA	Matt Beck		California
LB	Sekou Sanyika	Jr.	California	Donnie Spragan		Stanford
LB	Marcus Bell	Jr.	Arizona	DaShon Polk		Arizona
CB	Chris McAlister	Sr.	Arizona	Dee Moronkola		Washington State
CB	Daylon McCutcheon	Sr.	USC	Antuan Simmons		USC
S	Larry Atkins	Sr.	UCLA	Marquis Smith		California
S	Rashard Cook	Sr.	USC	Lamont Thompson		Washington State

Specialists:

First Team				Second Team
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Name	Yr.	School
PK	Nathan Villegas	Jr.	Oregon	José Cortéz		Oregon State
P	Josh Bidwell	Sr.	Oregon	Stephen Baker		Arizona State
RS	J. R. Redmond	Jr.	Arizona State	Tim Alexander		Oregon State
ST	John McLaughlin	Sr.	California	Jamil Braithwaite		Oregon
AP	Joe Jarzynka	Jr.	Washington	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

↑ Reid, Scott M. (August 21, 2013). "1998: UCLA's sweet season that went sour". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015.
↑ Pac-12 Communications Department (2014). "2014 Pac-12 Football Media Guide". pac-12.org. p. 89. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
↑ Pac-12 Communications Department 2014, pp. 120–121.
↑ Pac-12 Communications Department 2014, p. 126.
↑ "All-Pac-10 football team". Kitsap Sun. December 1, 1998. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016.

External links

1998 Pacific-10 Conference Year Summary at Sports-Reference.com

Pac-12 Conference football

North Division	California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks Oregon State Beavers Stanford Cardinal Washington Huskies Washington State Cougars

South Division	Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils Colorado Buffaloes UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Utah Utes

Championships & awards	Champions All-time standings Annual Finishes Championship game Awards All-Pac-12

Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.